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Tragedy as American ice hockey star Adam Johnson dies aged 29 'after skate slashed his throat in freak accident during match': Devastated mother reveals 'I've lost half of my heart' as club pays tribute
Daily Mail ^
| 10/29/23
| Iwan Stone, Katherine Lawton, Tom Cotterill
Posted on 10/29/2023 7:26:42 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: TangoLimaSierra
Good lord, that was brutal. Not an accident, not intended to kill but definitely intended to harm. Manslaughter.
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posted on
10/29/2023 8:32:44 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
To: Libloather
Rough sport.Perhaps the roughest. Even aside from the sharpened skate blades. Honestly surprised things like this don't happen more often. Sincere condolences to the family.
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posted on
10/29/2023 8:43:43 AM PDT
by
katana
To: mware
If you remember that, you might remember this guy:
He once told me I was crazy to stand in 20 degree below zero weather (Winter Carnival Quebec 1987)!
¿Quién está más loco: rlmorel o Gump Worsley?
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posted on
10/29/2023 8:46:12 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: TangoLimaSierra
Yes it does appear intentional. That player who did it should be kicked out of the league and prosecuted.
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posted on
10/29/2023 8:52:56 AM PDT
by
jimwatx
To: Libloather
“1000 Ways to Die” was TV show about all the weird ways folks left this place.
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posted on
10/29/2023 8:54:57 AM PDT
by
Macoozie
(Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
To: TangoLimaSierra
I agree. That wasn’t just some accident or a pile up of bodies. This needs to be looked at more closely and if appropriate, charges filed.
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posted on
10/29/2023 9:01:33 AM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: rlmorel
Was big fan during mid 70’s. Remember when the goalies only wore Michael Myers face masks.
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posted on
10/29/2023 9:02:10 AM PDT
by
mware
To: mware
I recall when the grandfathered players who didn’t have to ware helmets. Lot of the old boys refused to wear them.
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posted on
10/29/2023 9:04:52 AM PDT
by
mware
To: Libloather
Too sad and close to home.
To: TangoLimaSierra
High kick for no reason other than to hurt someone. Nonsense, he had just checked another player, throwing himself off balance and his leg went up automatically to try to right himself.
To: rlmorel
I was at the Malarchuk game. I remember seeing one of the arena staff sitting in a stairwell with his head nearly between his legs and throwing up. Thankfully it ended well, but it was memorable for the wrong reasons.
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posted on
10/29/2023 9:26:30 AM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
To: rlmorel
It happened to another player as well, I forget his name, but it was even more gruesome than Clints, he stands up and you see the blood shooting out of his neck like a high pressure hose.
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posted on
10/29/2023 9:30:28 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
To: mware
“They didn’t say but I think Johnson was dead on the ice.”
Video link in #9. With help he was skating with large loss of blood. Video ends just before collapse?
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
That was Richard Zednik, who was playing for the Florida Panthers at the time (game was in Buffalo, as well). Considering all of the hockey games that have been played at all levels since the early 20th century, this type of incident is extremely rare. Some type of neck protection is probably in order (I know they use it at lower levels), but I don't think there is a way to completely prevent it from happening.
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posted on
10/29/2023 9:42:55 AM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
To: Libloather
This happened to my cousin over 40 years ago, he is lucky to be alive.
Still has a huge scar on his neck..
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posted on
10/29/2023 9:47:33 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: rlmorel
Sorry, when did that previous tragedy happen?
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posted on
10/29/2023 10:24:33 AM PDT
by
nwrep
To: desertsolitaire
Slashing has nothing to do with getting struck in the neck with an ice skate blade.
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posted on
10/29/2023 10:55:51 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
To: nwrep
I think that was back in the late Eighties. He was a good goalie. I was playing goalie at the time, so it was kind of disconcerting. Before that, I had ended up wearing both an armored neck guard that wrapped around my neck like a turtleneck and employing a neck shield that hung from the bottom of my cage.
But it made me think...
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posted on
10/29/2023 10:57:53 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: mware
Those “Halloween” style masks provided some protection, but I knew a guy who wore them, and said it still felt like getting hit in the naked face that a puck.
I had a full cage, and even though I got hit once hard enough to make me wonder how I ended up on the ice, it provided pretty good protection.
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posted on
10/29/2023 11:01:14 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: Major Matt Mason
Ugh. I can’t imagine seeing THAT in living color. Poor guy. I think he had some psychological problems before that, but they really never left him after that.
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posted on
10/29/2023 11:02:25 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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